I understand now where our disconnect is and I can't imagine ord-del being considered trans-atlantic. I don't think that it warrants a complete revamp and realistically could be taken care of easily by just adding a rule stating that the flight is considered a trans-pacific flight, end of story. That way the Alliance isn't redoing a full set rules for only one flight that could be dropped anyway. There is certainly a history of US carriers dropping Indian services. AA isn't the only one in the Alliance and, at that point, six other airlines are not stuck dealing with a bunch of worthless changes without seeing any tangible benefit. The rules themselves are based much on the "spirit" of the fare rather than flight technicalities and I think this will be viewed the same. There are many flights that just don't fit neatly into categories that the fare has dealt with in the past, and I think this will be no different. Considering this a trans-atlantic also sets a very harsh precedence. For instance, JFK-BKK, SIN or KUL would be considered trans-atlantics. Who knows....